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999by Al SarrantonioISBN 0380805189 (0-380-80518-9)
Softcover, Perennial
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After Silenceby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0385473516 (0-385-47351-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After Silence'Book summary:Cult favorite Jonathan Carroll has surpassed himself with his first mainstreamnovel. After Silence is an electrifying, unforgettable novel that unfolds with the logic of a Greek tragedy. Carroll writes with uncompromising honesty about how secrets gnaw and kill when truth is just as devastating. [via]
Books of Bloodby Clive BarkerISBN 0425165582 (0-425-16558-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Ceremony in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425157628 (0-425-15762-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ceremony in Death'Book summary:Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warnning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own beliefs of right and wrong--and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil...[via]More editions of Ceremony in Death:
Child Across the Skyby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0385265352 (0-385-26535-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Children of the Nightby Dan SimmonsISBN 0399137173 (0-399-13717-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Circus of Dr. Laoby Charles FinneyISBN 0394716175 (0-394-71617-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Circus of Dr. Lao'Book summary:Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression. That is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents.Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real--a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town's populace: the sea serpent's tale shatters love's illusions; the fortune-teller's shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person's life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again.Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury. This Bison Frontiers of Imagination edition features a new introduction by noted fantasy writer John Marco and striking illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff from the first edition.[via]More editions of The Circus of Dr. Lao:
The City, Not Long Afterby Pat MurphyISBN 038524925X (0-385-24925-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Conspiracy in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425168131 (0-425-16813-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conspiracy in Death'Book summary:Streetwise cop Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick Peabody face a methodical killer in this latest addition to the In Death series by J.D. Robb, better known as the bestselling author Nora Roberts.
In the late 21st century, on the streets of New York City, a street sleeper is found murdered, his diseased heart removed with surgical precision. His death would typically drop to the bottom of a list of senseless and inexplicable killings, but Lieutenant Dallas, who "would stand for the dead and the living," is not about to let that happen. When her research uncovers similar crimes in several cities that were dropped under mysterious circumstances, Dallas knows she's facing a killer cruel enough to prey on the weakest in society and powerful enough to conspire an extensive coverup.
To complicate matters further, Dallas faces an equally troubling threat to her career when she's linked to the death of a fellow cop. Now she must fight to restore her good name as well as track down the killer.
In Conspiracy in Death, Roberts creates a futuristic world of evil that Eve Dallas negotiates through tough talk and brute force. While Robb crafts the crimes with great care, she assumes a familiarity with the characters that new readers will lack. But fans of the In Death series and newcomers alike will enjoy the thrill of the chase as Eve Dallas sets out to get her man. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
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The Courts of Chaosby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385136854 (0-385-13685-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Damnation Gameby Clive BarkerISBN 0425188930 (0-425-18893-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Damnation Game'Book summary:[via]There are things worse than death. There are games so seductively evil, so wondrously vile, no gambler can resist. Amid the shadow-scarred rubble of World War II, Joseph Whitehead dared to challenge the dark champion of lifes ultimate game. Now a millionaire, locked in a terror-shrouded fortress of his own design, Joseph Whitehead has hell to pay. And no soul is safe from this ravaging fear, the resurrected fury, the unspeakable desire of...
Death of the Necromancerby Martha WellsISBN 0380973340 (0-380-97334-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Eaters of the Deadby Michael CrichtonISBN 0394494008 (0-394-49400-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Edge of the Moonby Rebecca YorkISBN 0425191257 (0-425-19125-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Elidorby Alan GarnerISBN 0399208097 (0-399-20809-7)
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An Evening at Joe's : Fiction by the Cast and Crew of Highlanderby Gillian HorvathISBN 0425177491 (0-425-17749-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Evening at Joe's : Fiction by the Cast and Crew of Highlander'Book summary:In one of the year's most unusual media tie-in events, the cast, crew and writers of a smash-hit TV series turn their creative talents to writing original fiction based on their own show.
The show is television's popular Highlander series. And these are the stories that have remained untold until now: character histories by the actors who play them...spin-offs of favorite episodes...plots that exist only in the producer's imagination. These all-new adventures of Duncan MacLeod and the Immortals offer a once-in-a-lifetime look inside the minds of the people who know Highlander best-because they created Highlander...
An Evening at Joe's includes short fiction by:
Don Anderson (Assistant Props Master)
Roger Bellon (Composer)
Dennis Berry (Director)
Laura Brennan (Script Coordinator)
Jim Byrnes ("Joe Dawson")
Anthony De Longis ("Otavio Consone")
Ken Gord (Producer)
Gillian Horvath (Associate Creative Consultant)
Peter Hudson ("James Horton")
Stan Kirsch ("Richie Ryan")
Donna Lettow (Associate Creative Consultant)
F. Braun McAsh (Swordmaster and "Hans Kershner")
Valentine Pelka ("Kronos")
Peter Wingfield ("Methos") [via]More editions of An Evening at Joe's : Fiction by the Cast and Crew of Highlander:
Fender Bendersby Bill FitzhughISBN 0380806355 (0-380-80635-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmaskby Jim MunroeISBN 0380810433 (0-380-81043-3)
Softcover, Spike
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The Frescoby Sheri S. TepperISBN 038081658X (0-380-81658-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fresco'Book summary:Part thriller, part social SF, prolific novelist Sheri S. Tepper's latest follows the adventures of Benita Alvarez-Shipton, an empty nester in her mid-30s, whose life is changed when two aliens ask her to carry their greetings to Washington, D.C. Chosen as intermediary because she is both ordinary and beyond political reproach, Benita seizes the opportunity to leave her abusive, alcoholic husband and start a new life in D.C. However, she doesn't count on her role extending beyond the initial delivery of the alien greetings, or on the dangers it will attract to her and her children.
Chiddy and Vess, ethical representatives of the benevolent Pistach, come to offer earth inclusion in a multirace Confederation--but on condition that earth clean up its societal woes. Earth has also attracted the attention of a subgroup of predatory races, who view the overpopulated planet as a rich hunting ground. Humanity must choose--either adopt the Pistach principal of Neighborliness and be ushered into the Confederation or refuse and be left at the mercy of the predators.
Interwoven with the earth-based action are excerpts from Chiddy's diary, written as a letter to Benita, that describe the complex Pistach society and the Pistach religion documented by the eponymous Fresco. The 17-panel, divinely inspired painting has for centuries been obscured by smoke from votive candles. Tradition dictates the events and symbols that lie hidden beneath the grime, and it is taboo to ever clean the Fresco. When Chiddy accidentally clears away part of the soot, revealing images that contradict Pistach dogma, it sets into motion a chain of events that undermine racial self-perception and threaten both Pistach and human survival.
Though some of the characters are drawn with such broad strokes as to render them caricatures, and there are elements of Pistach social engineering to alarm readers of just about any political stripe, The Fresco is nonetheless an engrossing, sometimes wickedly funny read. --Eddy Avery [via]
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The Game of Thirtyby William KotzwinkleISBN 0395532701 (0-395-53270-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Game of Thirty'Book summary:Streetwise PI Jimmy McShane has seen plenty, but he's never seen anything like the murder of Tommy Rennseler. A wealthy antiques dealer with a passion for Egyptian artifacts, Rennseler was killed like an ancient Egyptian: injected with cobra venom and ritually disembowelled. When he's hired by the dead man's daughter, McShane realizes that he's never seen anything like Temple Rennseler, either. She's beautiful, exotic and - obsessed with the Game of 30, a centuries-old form of chess that - perhaps - foretells the future. As McShane gets closer to the killer, he finds himself trapped in a more deadly game, with Manhattan as the gameboard. [via]
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The Ghost of Thomas Kempeby Penelope LivelyISBN 0425094197 (0-425-09419-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Glamourby Christopher PriestISBN 0385197616 (0-385-19761-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glamour'Book summary:Cameraman Richard Grey's memory has blanked out the few weeks before he was injured in a car bomb explosion. When he is visited by a girl who seems to have been his lover, his attempts to recall the forgotten period produce an odyssey through France and conflicting accounts of what happened. When Susan Kewley speaks to him of that time, he finds himself glimpsing a terrible twilight world - the world of "the glamour". [via]
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Glory in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425150984 (0-425-15098-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Glory in Death'Book summary:From Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb comes the second novel in the number-one New York Times-bestselling series starring New York Lieutenant Eve Dallas-now in a special hardcover edition.
It is 2058, New York City. In a world where technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, there's only one place to hide a crime of passion-in the heart.
Even in the mid-twenty-first century, during a time when genetic testing usually weeds out any violent hereditary traits before they can take over, murder still happens. The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second is murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with a long list of suspects-including her own lover, Roarke. [via] -
Goddess of Springby P. C. CastISBN 0425197492 (0-425-19749-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goddess of Spring'Book summary:To save her failing bakery, Lina trades souls with Persephone, the Goddess of Spring--and starts falling for hunky Hades. [via]
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Going Postalby Stephen BriggsISBN 0413774473 (0-413-77447-3)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Postal'Book summary:Stage adaptation of the latest Discworld blockbuster Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there' s a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...; Brilliant stage adaptation by Stephen Briggs of Terry Pratchett's latest best-selling novel; Pratchett has sold over 27 million books worldwide and has been translated into 27 languages [via]
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Gremlinsby George GipeISBN 0380890038 (0-380-89003-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Guns of Avalonby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385085060 (0-385-08506-0)
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The Hand of Oberonby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385085419 (0-385-08541-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hand of Oberon'Book summary:Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe. Reissue. [via]
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The Healer's Warby Elizabeth Ann ScarboroughISBN 0385248288 (0-385-24828-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Holiday in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425163717 (0-425-16371-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holiday in Death'Book summary:In the seventh of J.D. Robb's futuristic romance thrillers, NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is on the trail of a serial killer terrorizing the city during the holidays. The only link between the victims--all are patrons of an exclusive dating service, Personally Yours. Working with her aide Officer Peabody, Peabody's nemesis Ian McNab, and her own intriguing husband, Roarke, Eve uncovers secrets that link the victims: secrets that involve both the owners and the clients of Personally Yours and which might be worth killing for. Whether she's writing as Nora Roberts or as J.D. Robb, Roberts weaves a taut and powerful story with lush sensuality and masterful characterization. This murder mystery combines elements of romance, science fiction, and police procedural genres in an entertaining mix that will keep readers turning the pages. --Lisa Wanttaja [via]
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I Am Legendby Richard MathesonISBN 0425040534 (0-425-04053-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Immortal in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425153789 (0-425-15378-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Immortal in Death'Book summary:She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted-even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas put her life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle. Beneath the facade of glamour, Eve found that the world of high fashion thrived on an all-consuming obsession with youth and fame. One that led from the runway to the dark underworld of New York City where drugs could be found to fulfill any desire-for a price. [via]
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In the Land of Winterby Richard GrantISBN 0380974657 (0-380-97465-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Land of Winter'Book summary:A single mom and self-described witch, loses custody of her daughter after she is attacked by a number of gossiping, right-winged crusaders. The award-winning author of Through the Heart, writes a poignant novel of a mother's love and her journey to regain both her own life and that of her daughter. [via]
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The Iron Dragon's Daughterby Michael SwanwickISBN 0380972336 (0-380-97233-6)
Hardcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter'Book summary:Named a NEW YORK TIMES notable book of 1994, THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER tells the heartrending story of a changeling child who is kidnapped to a realm of malls and machines and enslaved in a vast, infernal factory. Ultimately she escapes and attempts to educate herself about this alien world, while being tormented by visions of the life she was denied. [via]
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Island of the Sequined Love Nunby Christopher MooreISBN 0380816547 (0-380-81654-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Island of the Sequined Love Nun'Book summary:Pilot Tucker Case has a weakness--well, Tuck really has two--and the combination of drinking and sex in the cockpit of the pink Mary Jean Cosmetics Learjet puts him on the front page of papers all over the planet. But he finds another job with a mysterious employer--someone with a brand-new Lear 45-- who's willing to pay Tuck generously and ask no questions about his record. The jet and job are on Alualu, a speck in the Pacific Ocean, and Tucker has nowhere else to go. But first he has to get to Alualu, and once there, he faces a hurricane, Shark People, atypical missionaries, and boredom ... and the responsibilities assigned to him by Capt. Vincent Bennidetti, U.S. Air Force, deceased bomber pilot and present-day deity of the Shark People. [via]
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Killing Moonby Rebecca YorkISBN 0425190714 (0-425-19071-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Kissing the Beehiveby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0385480113 (0-385-48011-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Lambby Christopher MooreISBN 0380813815 (0-380-81381-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lamb'Book summary:While the Bible may be the word of God, transcribed by divinely inspired men, it does not provide a full (or even partial) account of the life of Jesus Christ. Lucky for us that Christopher Moore presents a funny, lighthearted satire of the life of Christ--from his childhood days up to his crucifixion--in Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. This clever novel is surely blasphemy to some, but to others it's a coming-of-age story of the highest order.
Joshua (a.k.a. Jesus) knows he is unique and quite alone in his calling, but what exactly does his Father want of him? Taking liberties with ancient history, Moore works up an adventure tale as Biff and Joshua seek out the three wise men so that Joshua can better understand what he is supposed to do as Messiah. Biff, a capable sinner, tags along and gives Joshua ample opportunities to know the failings and weaknesses of being truly human. With a wit similar to Douglas Adams, Moore pulls no punches: a young Biff has the hots for Joshua's mom, Mary, which doesn't amuse Josh much: "Don't let anyone ever tell you that the Prince of Peace never struck anyone." And the origin of the Easter Bunny is explained as a drunken Jesus gushes his affection for bunnies, declaring, "Henceforth and from now on, I decree that whenever something bad happens to me, there shall be bunnies around."
One small problem with the narrative is that Biff and Joshua often do not have distinct voices. A larger difficulty is that as the tone becomes more somber with Joshua's life drawing to its inevitable close, the one-liners, though not as numerous, seem forced. True to form, Lamb keeps the story of Joshua light, even after its darkest moments. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Palby Christopher MooreISBN 0380978407 (0-380-97840-7)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal'Book summary:While the Bible may be the word of God, transcribed by divinely inspired men, it does not provide a full (or even partial) account of the life of Jesus Christ. Lucky for us that Christopher Moore presents a funny, lighthearted satire of the life of Christ--from his childhood days up to his crucifixion--in Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. This clever novel is surely blasphemy to some, but to others it's a coming-of-age story of the highest order.
Joshua (a.k.a. Jesus) knows he is unique and quite alone in his calling, but what exactly does his Father want of him? Taking liberties with ancient history, Moore works up an adventure tale as Biff and Joshua seek out the three wise men so that Joshua can better understand what he is supposed to do as Messiah. Biff, a capable sinner, tags along and gives Joshua ample opportunities to know the failings and weaknesses of being truly human. With a wit similar to Douglas Adams, Moore pulls no punches: a young Biff has the hots for Joshua's mom, Mary, which doesn't amuse Josh much: "Don't let anyone ever tell you that the Prince of Peace never struck anyone." And the origin of the Easter Bunny is explained as a drunken Jesus gushes his affection for bunnies, declaring, "Henceforth and from now on, I decree that whenever something bad happens to me, there shall be bunnies around."
One small problem with the narrative is that Biff and Joshua often do not have distinct voices. A larger difficulty is that as the tone becomes more somber with Joshua's life drawing to its inevitable close, the one-liners, though not as numerous, seem forced. True to form, Lamb keeps the story of Joshua light, even after its darkest moments. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Lost Soulsby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0385308752 (0-385-30875-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Loyalty in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 042517140X (0-425-17140-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Loyalty in Death'Book summary:In 21st-century New York City, tough-as-nails cop Eve Dallas can survive a bombing, seduce her husband, and outsmart a terrorist--all on four hours of sleep. In this latest installment of the In Death series, author J.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) casts our heroine against an enigmatic group of terrorists named Cassandra. With no clear motivation or demands, Cassandra feeds on the thrill of senseless killing and the calculated destruction of Eve's world.
Relying on her own brawn and brains, as well as that of her aid Peabody and her husband Roarke, Eve begins to unravel a mystery that began decades before. When the killer's threats land close to home, Eve knows she has no choice but to gamble her own life for the chance to save her city as well as her loved ones.
J.D. Robb's combinations of mystery, suspense, and romance keep the fans of this series clamoring for more, and Loyalty in Death has equal amounts of each. While the passion between Eve and Roarke is as good as ever, the introduction of a new romantic element certainly turns up the heat and is a welcome twist. Though the evil-terrorist-in-NYC theme has been done before (most recently in The Siege), these beloved characters put up a good fight, and keep us glued to the pages. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Coveby Christopher MooreISBN 0380792745 (0-380-79274-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove'Book summary:Reading a Christopher Moore novel is a little like eating a potato chip--it's hard to stop at just one. And you don't have to look beyond the titles to understand the allure; who could pass up a book called Practical Demonkeeping or Island of the Sequined Love Nun? Each of Moore's tales skewers a particular literary genre. In Coyote Blue he nailed New Age fascination with Native American religion; in Blood-Sucking Fiends: A Love Story he put a new twist on the classic vampire tale. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove is a companion piece to his first novel, the hilariously twisted horror story Practical Demonkeeping, and readers of that book will recognize the setting, Pine Cove, California. In addition, Moore includes plenty of his patented weird sex, occasional gross-out death, several off-kilter but nonetheless affecting love stories, and some fabulous secondary characters such as Mavis Sand:
Mavis first began augmenting her parts in the fifties, first out of vanity: breasts, eyelashes, hair. Later, as she aged and the concept of maintenance eluded her, she began having parts replaced as they failed, until almost half of her body weight was composed of stainless steel (hips, elbows, shoulders, finger joints, rods fused to vertebrae five through twelve), silicon wafers (hearing aids, pacemaker, insulin pump), advanced polymer resins (cataract replacement lenses, dentures), Kevlar fabric (abdominal wall reinforcement), titanium (knees, ankles), and pork (ventricular heart valve).
In a nutshell, the plot revolves around a gigantic prehistoric lizard whose slumber deep beneath the ocean surface is interrupted by a radioactive leak from a nearby power plant. At the same time, a woman in Pine Cove hangs herself; the local psychiatrist (who has been prescribing antidepressants to everyone in town with gay abandon) decides the suicide was her fault and yanks everyone's medication; and an elderly black blues singer named Catfish Jefferson arrives to perform at the Head of the Slug saloon. Into this already strange brew mix one schizoid former B-movie starlet, a pot-head town constable, a bereaved local artist, a biologist tracking anomalous behavior in rats, a crooked sheriff, and a pharmacist with a bizarre sexual fixation on sea mammals, and you have a recipe for the kind of madness Moore does so well. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove:
Madeleine's Ghostby Robert GirardiISBN 0385316364 (0-385-31636-4)
Softcover, Delta
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Michael McDowell's Blackwaterby Michael McDowellISBN 0380814897 (0-380-81489-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Softcover, Harpercollins - Michael McDowell's Blackwater IV: ISBN 038082776X (0-380-82776-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Michael McDowell's Blackwater V: ISBN 0380827840 (0-380-82784-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Michael McDowell's Blackwater VI: ISBN 0380827921 (0-380-82792-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Michael McDowell's Blackwater I: ISBN 0380814897 (0-380-81489-7)
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Mind of My Mindby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 038512600X (0-385-12600-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Mistress of Spicesby Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniISBN 0385482388 (0-385-48238-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mistress of Spices'Book summary:On a mythic island of women "where on our skin, the warm rain fell like pomegranate seeds" powerful spices like cinnamon, turmeric, and fenugreek whisper their secrets to young acolytes. Ordained after trial by fire, each new spice mistress is sent to a far-off land to cure the life pains of all Indian seekers, while keeping a cool distance from the mortals. Only stubborn, passionate Tilo, disguised as an old woman merchant in present-day Oakland, California, fails to heed the vengeful spices' warnings. Fragrant with spice and sensuality, this winning tale rolls off the tongue. Written in the soaring, poetic tradition of China Men and Haroun and the Sea of Stories. [via]
The Needby Andrew NeidermanISBN 0425136620 (0-425-13662-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Night in the Lonesome Octoberby Roger Zelazny, Gahan WilsonISBN 0380972239 (0-380-97223-9)
Hardcover, Avon Books
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Night Of Powerby Spider RobinsonISBN 0425084752 (0-425-08475-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Only Thing to Fearby Robert MorganISBN 0425144682 (0-425-14468-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Outside the Dog Museumby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0385419732 (0-385-41973-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Passionby Donna BoydISBN 0380974495 (0-380-97449-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Pattern Recognitionby William GibsonISBN 0425192938 (0-425-19293-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pattern Recognition'Book summary:With Pattern Recognition, William Gibson, the man who introduced cyberpunk to the world, gives us his first novel set in the present. But as Gibson's imagination makes clear, our corporation-dominated, technologically advanced reality doesn't need much tweaking to take on the aura of science fiction.
If there's a fantastical element to this, the author's eighth book, it's in protagonist Cayce Pollard's special talent. Here, Gibson takes some of No Logo author Naomi Klein's ideas about branding to a logical extreme: Pollard has an instinctual, often violently intense reaction to logos, a condition that makes her valuable to advertising agencies looking for the most effective way to brand a product. This talent, however, makes a trip to a department store potentially lethal, as when she visits a London shopping emporium and is inundated by "a mountainside of Tommy [Hilfiger] coming down in her head." "Some people ingest a single peanut and their head swells like a basketball," writes Gibson. "When it happens to Cayce, it's her psyche.... When it starts, it's pure reaction, like biting down hard on a piece of foil." Pollard is also a "coolhunter" of the first order, which means she can sniff out a trend before it's even begun to be commodified. She's so good, in fact, that "she's met the very Mexican who first wore his baseball cap backwards."
With such sensitivity to our over-branded world, it's completely natural that our heroine would become fascinated by Internet footage of a film in which characters, setting, and time are completely generic--unbranded, unfixed, free. But Pollard isn't the only one obsessed by "the footage," as it's referred to, and this is where Gibson's masterful storytelling comes to the fore. Who will be the first to solve the mystery of the film's origin? Who else is trying, and for what potentially nefarious purpose? As usual the author proves adept at weaving a suspenseful narrative out of humdrum elements, such as e-mail exchanges. If there's a caveat, it's that, as with literary forefather Philip K. Dick, the Vancouver-based author's prose veers wildly from the poetic to the clunky. And his supporting characters often amount to nothing more than a combination of an unusual name and shadowy motive. But the continual barrage of ideas, and the way Gibson arranges them for maximum impact, make for a gripping and insightful glimpse into our hyperdriven consumer culture. --Shawn Conner [via]
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The Probable Futureby Alice HoffmanISBN 0385507607 (0-385-50760-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Probable Future'Book summary:Alice Hoffmans most magical novel to datethree generations of extraordinary women are driven to unite in crisis and discover the rewards of reconciliation and love.
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Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see peoples dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window on the futurea future that she might not want to see.
In The Probable Future this vivid and intriguing cast of characters confronts a haunting pastand a very current murderagainst the evocative backdrop of small-town New England. By turns chilling and enchanting, The Probable Future chronicles the Sparrowss legacy as young Stella struggles to cope with her disturbing clairvoyance. Her potential to ruin or redeem becomes unbearable when one of her premonitions puts her father in jail, wrongly accused of homicide. Yet this ordeal also leads Stella to the grandmother she was forbidden to meet and to a historic family home full of talismans from her ancestors.
Poignant, arresting, unsettling, The Probable Future showcases the lavish literary gifts that have made Alice Hoffman one of Americas most treasured writers.More editions of The Probable Future:
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Rapture in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425155188 (0-425-15518-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rapture in Death'Book summary:They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common--and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve's investigation turned to the provocative world of virtual reality games--where the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction...[via]More editions of Rapture in Death:
The Runes Of The Earthby Stephen DonaldsonISBN 0399152326 (0-399-15232-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Edward E. KramerISBN 0380817705 (0-380-81770-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested beneath the blanketing mist of sleep.
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A stunning collection of visions, wonders, horrors, hallucinations, and revelations from Clive Barker, Barbara Hambly, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, Nancy A. Collins, and sixteen other incomparable dreamers -- inspired by the groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel phenomenon by Neil Gaiman.
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The Sea Came in at Midnightby Steve EricksonISBN 0380806584 (0-380-80658-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Servants Of Twilightby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0425121259 (0-425-12125-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Sign of Chaosby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380896370 (0-380-89637-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sign of the Unicornby Roger ZelaznyISBN 038508515X (0-385-08515-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Signal to Noiseby Eric S. NylundISBN 0380792923 (0-380-79292-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Signal to Noise'Book summary:Eric Nylund's fourth novel is touted by the publisher as "hyperpunk," but what is that, exactly? Is it the spastic child of cyberpunk? The willful offspring poking Father Gibson in the eye? While Signal to Noise introduces some fascinating virtual sleights of hand, the overall impression is of a continuation of the nano-techno-cyberpunk genre rather than a leap in evolution to a new form of fiction.
This latest offering from the former Microsoft employee will undoubtedly thrill writers of code and the romantics who call themselves hackers. Nylund's main characters are affixed with permanent implants allowing instant access to cyberspace; a virtuality so vivid that they often prefer the virtual over the reality. The trouble begins when Jack Potter, an encryption expert who's done some shady work for the NSO, finds and decodes a message buried in old astronomical data. Contact with the outreaching alien and information bartering result. Unfortunately, someone else is watching, too. "Down the hall, bars rattled. It was a nice touch. Cold churned in Jack's stomach, diffused down his legs and up his spine. It was synthetic fear generated by the bubble. He fought it. DeMitri took a set of keys from his pocket, picked one out, then opened a cell door ... 'Alcatraz'--he spread his arms in a grand gesture--'is a reflection of what's on your mind, Jack. Feeling guilty about something?'"
The brilliance of Signal to Noise is in the science: the idea of looking out into the swirling sea of the cosmos and finding patterns hidden amongst the static hiss of the births and deaths of stars. At times, the math itself has more depth than many of the characters, who tend to be reminiscent of stock figures in pulp fiction. Which isn't to say that there's no fun to be had here. As the novel progresses, the ante is upped until Jack is bartering the alien for Earth itself. An extra implant crammed into Jack's brain against his will is starting to burn out his optical nerve, and he's no longer sure who his friends are. Log on to Signal to Noise to find out who the bad guys are, and who, if anyone, is going to survive. --Jhana Bach [via]
The Silver Kissby Annette Curtis KlauseISBN 038530160X (0-385-30160-X)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Sophie's Worldby Jostein GaarderISBN 0425152251 (0-425-15225-1)
Softcover, Boulevard
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The Star Witchby Linda Winstead JonesISBN 0425201287 (0-425-20128-7)
Softcover, Berkley Sensation
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A Storm of Wingsby John HarrisonISBN 0385147651 (0-385-14765-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Sun Witchby Linda Winstead JonesISBN 0425199401 (0-425-19940-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Talismanby Stephen King, Peter StraubISBN 0425105334 (0-425-10533-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Telempathby Spider RobinsonISBN 0399117962 (0-399-11796-2)
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Vengeance in Deathby Nora Roberts, J. D. RobbISBN 0425160394 (0-425-16039-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Waiting for Godalmingby Robert RankinISBN 0385600577 (0-385-60057-7)
Hardcover, Transworld Publishers Limited
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Way Stationby Clifford D. SimakISBN 0413369005 (0-413-36900-5)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen
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A Wind in the Doorby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 041681090X (0-416-81090-X)
Hardcover, Methuen
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The Witching Hourby Anne RiceISBN 0394587863 (0-394-58786-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Witching Moonby Rebecca YorkISBN 0425192784 (0-425-19278-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Witness In Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425173631 (0-425-17363-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Witness In Death'Book summary:Writing as J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts presents the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling series. When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime--as both officer and witness to murder....[via]More editions of Witness In Death:
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A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0395771544 (0-395-77154-4)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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